War—what is it good for?

Submitted by Anna on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 08:53

by Ronnie Cohen
Pacific Sun
Friday, July 9, 2010

Absolutely nothing, according to latest work by San Anselmo filmmaker

Born in 1914, the first year of World War I, poet William Stafford grew up hearing war horror stories along with the biblical commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” When the U.S. government drafted him into World War II, he felt he could not go and instead became a conscientious objector, one of 12,000 who lived in civilian public-service camps throughout the country.

“I belong to a small, fanatical sect,” Stafford wrote in his journal. “We believe that current ways of carrying out world affairs are malignant.”

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